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How AI Can Help Universities Boost Student Performance And Improve Retention

YoungUpstarts

by Sanjoe Jose, CEO and Co-founder of Talview. According to Navitas Ventures’ survey on digital transformation in higher education , which included students, edtech founders, and university leaders, the primary goal of digital transformation is improving student experience. Automation improves experience.

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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

While it seemed like a good idea and had the Navy’s backing, the founders got turned down for funding by companies, investment bankers and everyone, until they talked to John Parker. When they couldn’t find any customers they donated the ERA 1101 to Georgia Tech. Why Minneapolis/St. Serendipity came to Minneapolis-St.

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5 Effective Sales Tax Tips For Your Growing Business

YoungUpstarts

by Robert Schulte, founder and CEO of LumaTax . For example, in Georgia, affiliate nexus policy states that any out-of-state retailers who have over $50,000 in gross annual receipts from affiliate referrals have to collect sales tax for the state.

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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

The DEC and Trey Bowles in Dallas, Station Houston and John Reale in Houston, Geekdom and Lorenzo Gomez III in San Antonio, and Georgia Thomsen and Capital Factory in Austin. Texas has strong regional tech hubs and leaders in each major city. And of course Texas has Mark Cuban ! You can start by selling in the U.S.

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The Lean LaunchPad Online

Steve Blank

With Rob Majteles as a co-instructor, I started a tradition of teaching all my classes with venture capitalists as co-instructors. Instead the founders need to lead a customer development team. And in 2003 the Haas Business School at U.C. Berkeley asked me to teach a class in Customer Development.

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How Tech for Campaigns Has Helped 3,000+ Techies Make a Difference in Progressive Politics

Hunter Walker

I met Jessica Alter when was running FounderDating, which helped solo founders discover their perfect cofounders. Jessica, along with two cofounders, started Tech for Campaigns , which connects tech volunteers with the campaigns of progressive candidates for skill-based volunteering.

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Georgia Tech Flashpoint Accelerator Demo Day, June 11, 2014

David Teten

For the third year in a row, ff Venture Capital is co-sponsoring the New York Demo Day for Georgia Tech’s Flashpoint Accelerator, along with HBS Alumni Angels of NY. Introductory remarks by Merrick Furst, Flashpoint’s Director and Distinguished Professor of Computing at Georgia Tech.

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